Need a mentor for V4REV...

[Ivan Smahin]

Hello Jim,

Saturday, August 25, 2007, 8:57:17 PM, you wrote:

JC> 1. There seems to be a number of approaches in how one would design a
JC> Valentina database - SQL-like???? or using the kernel???? - which we don't
JC> understand and which isn't explained in any straightforward way...  How do
JC> we decide which way to go?

It's  a  common  thing.  You  have to make own decision which approach
suits  you  needs.  Most  common  and  safe is using SQL approach. But
sometime you may need some extra performance or something which can not be
efficiently done with SQL. In thins case you can choose API way.
Also you can mix both ways.

JC> 2. We've now mastered a simple update and retrieve scenario with V4REV and
JC> now can't make sense of the docs for searching.  Does anyone have a sample
JC> of Rev code that executes a search that we can study?

We  have!  Look  into examples which are deployed with V4REV. There is
something about 50 examples (searches too).

JC> 3. Would someone please explain to me why there are so many releases of
JC> V4REV?  It seems as though every week there is a new version.

Mainly  -  bug  fixes.  We  are  trying  to  be  as fast-responsive as
possible.

JC> I would like to spend an hour or so on the phone with somebody who can help
JC> us make sense of V4REV before I dump it all an go to a database that has
JC> some books to reference.

You can contact any of us directly - (by e-mail first).



-- 
Best regards,
Ivan Smahin 
Senior Software Engineer
Paradigma Software, Inc
Valentina - The Ultra-Fast Database
http://www.valentina-db.com